http://www.silmonli.com/weblog all good things... Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:52:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en High Level Summary So after 5 days of use of BT Vision, I can summerise my initial experience as a pretty good one. I've been able to watch, record, replay and view "on-demand" TV successfully experiencing few issues. The graphical user interface is pleasing to the eye, stable, ... http://www.silmonli.com/weblog/2007/10/03/bt-vision-part-2-using-it/   <img id="countdownimage" src="http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/dist/710countdown_default.png" width="199" height="164" alt="Ubuntu 7.10 - Coming soon">   So it was about 2 months ago my 6 year old Fujitsu-Siemens S6120 came to a stand still. After 2 power module failures (about 2 years ago) and this time a hard drive death, I decided it was enough. ... http://www.silmonli.com/weblog/2007/10/03/ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon-release-very-soon/ OK, so I didn't keep to my promise about posting once per week. Naughty Sil! But I'm here and I'm posting now. I'm here to talk about BT Vision... I recently moved into my old school mates house and now that he's back from his travels we decided to ... http://www.silmonli.com/weblog/2007/09/06/bt-vision-part-1/ After seeing some of Hayley's photos she had taken on her travels, it inspired me to snap more shots too. But the camera I currently have is a point and shoot digital compact (Panasonic DMC-FX1) and it doesn't provide the wide range of features and manual settings that ... http://www.silmonli.com/weblog/2007/08/03/sils-digital-slr-story-nikon-d80/ The small number of you that read this blog may be wondering why many more people are not visiting my site. Although I doubt many people do read this, I feel the urge to keep my blog going. Again, there has been a massive stint where I not ... http://www.silmonli.com/weblog/2007/08/01/wheres-sil/ About 9 months ago, I wrote a blog item regarding Abercrombie and Fitch's store opening. After months of speculation, Abercrombie and Fitch will be opening their first store outside the US this year! The International Flag Ship Store will be located in London, UK and will open on 22nd March ... http://www.silmonli.com/weblog/2007/03/12/so-i-was-right/ OK, so you've seen over the past year I've made little or no effort to keep my blog up to date. There are a number of reasons for this... I can't be bothered "Social Networking" sites I do have a real life to persue and I just don't have the time to ... http://www.silmonli.com/weblog/2007/03/12/weird-times-for-personal-bloggersdamn-those-social-networking-sites/ Ok, latest crack is that Will is still in bed, not packed and the taxi is waiting outside... 99.9% chance that Will will not be travelling with us. Very Sad. We tried our best. I dragged him out but he resisted. I did the serious friend approach ... http://www.silmonli.com/weblog/2007/01/13/its-259am/ OK, so you're working on Friday and looking forward to the weekend when an email is sent to you about ski trips... £120 per person to Val D Half Board... not bad. I go and sent it to the B-Unit crew and the next thing that happens is ... http://www.silmonli.com/weblog/2007/01/13/what-is-going-on/ So all my bags are packed and I'm ready to go but where to? The week before Christmas was the time I was meant to be losing my virginity to the new kit I'd invested in this year. However, the abnormal weather over the Alps has prevented me ... http://www.silmonli.com/weblog/2006/12/19/lock-and-loaded/